Academic Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - French and Francophone Studies

Program Description

As a student in the Academic Accelerator, you’ll receive:

• The right amount of support for your academic and English-speaking needs
• A full year’s worth of college credits
• Access to courses exclusively for international students
• English-language help with words you need to know for your classes
• A mix of classes with international and U.S. students

You may not know that French is the only language, other than English, spoken on five continents. Some of the 43 countries where French is spoken are Morocco, Switzerland, Vietnam, Senegal, Belgium, Mali, and Canada. French, along with English, is the official working language of many non-governmental organizations, including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, UNESCO, and NATO, not to mention the International Olympic Committee.

Studying French gives students an advantage in applying to jobs in the service and hospitality industries (hotels, airlines, travel agencies) as well as jobs with companies doing business with Canada. Knowledge of French will also help you if you study history, art history, philosophy, biology, political science, or math. Graduates of our program pursue many different paths upon completing their degree. We have placed students in graduate programs in French at universities such as the University of Chicago, Rutgers University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Michigan. Many of our students, upon graduation, also choose to teach English in France for a year under the assistantship program sponsored by the French Embassy. Some of our students have joined the Peace Corps, which actively recruits students with knowledge of French to work in West African countries.